Peribit upgrades network optimisation range
News Brief:A new network appliance and updated network management software try to help IT staff keep on top of their WANs
It's time for the IM barriers to come down
Comment The continuing battle between IM providers is helping no one - particularly not the users, who deserve better treatment
Microsoft: Linux debate needs to be 'more rational'
News Tech Ed: Despite some high-profile European moves to open source, Microsoft is bullish about its prospects within the market
MPs: Firms should take fight to cybercriminals
News MPs want it to be easier for companies to bring legal action if they suffer a hacking or denial-of-service attack
Offshoring: Why the US still needs engineers
Q&A Wipro Technologies' CEO, Vivek Paul, explains how he sees the offshoring debate from his unique viewpoint
Eudora 6.1
Review Power users looking for an email solution that can also help to cut spam should consider Eudora 6.1. However, competitors such as Notes and Outlook offer cleaner interfaces and more intuitive...
Documents reveal Microsoft's SAP strategy
News Secret codenames conceal the identity of companies in documents revealed during the Oracle/PeopleSoft antitrust trial
'Breach of contract' ended ITNet's work with Cabinet Office
News ITNet's claim of 'good progress' in delivering on its data hosting contract have been contradicted by the Cabinet Office
Paris offered Microsoft discount
News The French capital is reported to have been offered up to 60 percent off the cost of its Microsoft licences
BT cuts broadband prices - with a catch
News By clamping down on bandwidth hogs, BT says it can cut prices for everyone else
Cisco announces start-up acquisition
News File-caching software specialist Actona is the latest company to be bought out by the networking giant
StorageTek launches tape for smaller firms
News Tape drives are holding their ground, the storage specialist releasing a range of new products
Dell hones slimmer blades
News Customers will be able to fit one and half blade servers into the space previously occupied by one alone
Apple previews 'Tiger' OS, launches 30in. Cinema HD display
Preview Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference featured some predictably tasty (and expensive) hardware, and a preview of the next version of Mac OS X.
Microsoft ends Upgrade Advantage
News The termination of a popular licensing programme leaves companies with more expensive options
Comcast sends out less spam
News The volume of spam originating from the US cable giant's network has dropped by more than a third, after an email loophole was blocked
Mobile-chip designers to incorporate better security
News Texas Instruments and ARM are teaming up to improve security on mobile handsets, after the first virus targeting the sector was discovered
Instant-messaging virus costs a man his job
News A virus can transmit previous IM conversations to a user's buddy list without his or her consent - and with disastrous consequences
Malware records banking passwords
News A program installed via a pop-up ad stores keystrokes when victims visit banking sites, researchers have warned



